I honestly can’t believe that anybody claiming to be a Star Wars fan could genuinely think that AOTC or any of the prequels is better than TFA.
I am not doing so out of a sheer sense of misplaced humor if that is what you might be suspecting…my frustration is genuine…and the realization that it has brought to mind is equally so.
You are actually serious. You actually prefer the prequels to TFA. Lunacy.
I would rather watch the Rathtar scene from TFA on repeat for two hours than have to sit through one viewing of the droid factory scene where CGI threepio get his head stuck on a battle droid.
I would rather watch a film with more space/droid battles than one in which yet another Death Star is blown up with even less rationale than the prior two efforts…
You’re nuts mate. It doesn’t matter how ‘original’ the prequels are. They were long-winded, boring cartoons filled with bad dialogue, convoluted plots, and terrible, all-style-no-substance set pieces. In addition to being bad in their own right, they also damaged the original trilogy by ret-conning key characters and moments.
I compare the initial feeling I had after watching the PT to how I felt after TFA…what I recall is being interested in how the story-line unfolded in the PT, while during TFA I was struggling not to out-predict each development given its seeming lack of originality. The difference was striking. Given a choice between a ‘convoluted’ and original plot as opposed to an unoriginal re-hash I prefer the former…if your preference is towards the latter so be it.
A semen and dog shit sandwich for lunch is ‘original’, but I’ll take good ol’ ham and cheese any day of the week.
Is this excessively insulting tone fully necessary…? Is this truly an attempt to bully or shame me out of my honest opinion…?
Judging from some of the posts I’ve seen, there are a lot of guys here who either study film, work in film, or teach film - genuine, educated fans of the medium we call cinema. No true lover of cinema can honestly believe (or successfully argue) that the prequels are good movies. They just can’t. they can try, but they’re wrong. This is not a matter of opinion, it’s a matter of fact.
I was unaware that there is such thing as subjective fact… Seemingly the attempt to align ‘genuine[ly] educated fans’ with your opinion is little more than words on a page. It is surprising that it is up to me to inform you that others are perfectly free to enjoy what-so-ever they prefer for whatever reasons they may dream up, just as are you. These odd tactics of defiling the ‘unbeliever’ border upon religious-fervor…it is absolutely bizarre behavior. I apologize if I may have struck too close to the core of a cherished belief… It was not my intent to seek to damage some valuable sense of self that may feel threatened in the face of a contrary point of view…
All I can assume is there are some people here who either a) like to show off their ‘superior’ knowledge of film theory by championing a contrary view or b) just like to argue.
c) Hold a different opinion than do you…
Regards,
Post Praetorian